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Community Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Uncle Yuan on October 06, 2010, 04:38:49 AM

Title: Nobel prize awarded for graphene
Post by: Uncle Yuan on October 06, 2010, 04:38:49 AM
I haven't heard of this stuff before today, but it sound pretty incredible.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_hi_te/eu_nobel_physics

My suggestion - "cable" for a space elevator.
Title: Re: Nobel prize awarded for graphene
Post by: lugaru on October 06, 2010, 05:30:03 AM
Or invincible graphite armor.

Not for anything in particular, just to wear around the house.

Now they gotta get working on jet boots.
Title: Re: Nobel prize awarded for graphene
Post by: Tawodi Osdi on October 08, 2010, 07:09:00 PM
I was thinking the other day that if we are to get off fossil fuels without collapsing civilization we would need some sort of substance that is readily available and easy to manipulate.  Carbon and silicon seem the likeliest of possibilities.  We've pushed silicon much further than what I have thought possible, but I feel that, in the long run, carbon is where it's at. 
Title: Re: Nobel prize awarded for graphene
Post by: thalaw2 on October 09, 2010, 11:25:27 AM
It will probably be years before anything comes at the consumer level.  I don't see many companies willing to overhaul their factories right away to support this...It would be cool if they could just give it away like the cure for polio.